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"My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue."
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"We owned what we learned back there; the experience and the growth are grafted into our lives."
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"I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience."
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"Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink."
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"I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future."
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"It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience."
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"I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience."
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"Experience everything but cling to what is right."
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"Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first."
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"People can really have an impact on a campaign and learn an awful lot. It can be an enjoyable experience."
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"Other than my hundreds of arrests I really don't have that much experience with the law. While the majority of people aren't corrupt, there certainly is an awful lot of corruption in this country."
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"My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business."
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"For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it."
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"My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue."
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"Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film."
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"I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five."
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"Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle."
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"I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions."
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"Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people."
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"Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew."
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